Even after death, Biggie still moves units like no other and has taken the number one spot within a week of his Greatest Hits release with over 99k sold. Akon however, shuffles about the top 5 once again and tails behind Biggie at number four with Konvicted’s platinum status of 1.8 mil. As many rotations that Robin Thicke’s LP has received he still has yet to break the 800k barrier and has dropped five spots to #10 after 23 long weeks on the chart. This leave Justin Timberlake as the reigning R&B pop sensation at a close #11 with nearly 3 million copies sold of FutureSex/LoveSounds and Fergie trailing behind with 1.5 million at #13.
Looks like the only female R&B artists to break the top 25 are the coveted Dream Girls who dropped a surprising 16 spots to #24 with almost 900k in sales.
Young Jeezy dropped a few spots to #27 in his 13th week making him the only other rapper within the top 30 next to the Notorious B.I.G. and dangerously close to becoming platinum 931k sold.
The intriguingly alternative rap group, Gym Class Heroes, despite the steep decline of their peers Pretty Ricky, continued to move up the charts to #35 in their 9th week however their 200k is far from breaking gold.
Beyonce’s B’Day continues to fall in the charts 7 spots to #33. Hopefully her remastered double disc album will become more successful.
Reported By: Kendra Desrosiers
